Education is a human right that changes lives

We all know the power of knowledge and the privilege of quality education. But without investment in education, the future of those who are poor and marginalised is restricted and opportunities to improve their situation severely limited.

Education equips communities to challenge the structures that hold them in poverty and to take ownership of future development. Good quality education, that is relevant and accessible to all, can transform whole communities.

Today you can support our partner, the Church of North India, as they assist the communities of Sarenga, West Bengal in transforming their future through education and community development.

The CNI, together with UnitingWorld began the Community Development Program in Sarenga in 2008 to engage with communities and assist them in developing local and relevant approaches to community development. Emphasis is put on the fact that sustainable development needs the strong foundation of education, specifically at a grass-roots level.

The early learning centre’s supported by the project increase the quality of the education accessed by the students within the local schools and assists in raising the awareness of the importance of education in bringing about change.

Please stand with our Church Partners in assisting marginalised communities provide education for all children

Education can change the lives of children like Manjit*

Ten-year-old Manjit loves learning. He is a keen class four student and helps his classmates and friends at the coaching centre in his village. One day he hopes to be a headmaster so that he can teach other children in his village and enable them to build a better future.

Tarak*, Manjit’s father is a farmer who has begun to recognise the importance of education. He dropped out of school at an early age to help with the family farm, but not being able to read and write has been a significant disadvantage for him. Having had limited access to education has restricted opportunity in his own life and in providing for his family’s welfare.

Now he wants his youngest son to become a teacher and help their community grow stronger through the power of education; an opportunity and a right Manjit and all his community should have.

* Names have been changed to protect individual’s identity

Please stand with our Church Partners in assisting marginalised communities provide education for all children

How you can help

$40 provides vital teaching aids for a village

$50 provides ten children with school uniforms

$100 provides a health awareness workshop for four villages

$250 provides medical check-ups for a whole village

$400 provides nutritional supplements for five hundred children  for a week

$1,500 provides five villages with drinking water and community sanitation programs

How to donate

Click here to make a secure online donation On Step 2 of donating online, select Relief and Development, then select Right To Learn from the drop down menu.

Free call us on 1800 998 122 Please call +61 2 8267 4266 from outside Australia

Thank you for your support! Please note that gift of $2 and over are tax deductible and all gifts are gratefully received.

Should the funds raised exceed the amount required to meet the needs of this program, UnitingWorld will use the excess funds to support similar Relief and Development education programs.